Whee!
My new toy. :)
I've finally gotten myself the Wii~ With the admission of Kinect and soon-to-be-Wii-2 into the market. the Wii's price kinda dropped, which is awesome. But the accessories are the pisser. But anyhow, Wii Fit! :D
Ended up doing the Bruce Protocol today in class. I least expected myself to end up on the treadmill. Basically the Bruce protocol is used to measure a person's VO2max, which is kinda measures one's stamina? Haha. My exercise physiology sucks. So anyway, the participant starts off with a 10* ramp and walking speed. And every 3 minutes, the ramp increases and the speed increases. I thought I was able to take it, 'cos it looked reasonable.
I was finished at the 3rd stage, which is the average for most people, according to what my lecturer said. I had wires around me, a mask on to measure the gas I exhale, so it was pretty uncomfortable to breathe. The weirdest part of this test was that you feel like death on the treadmill ('cos we're supposed to run till exhaustion, like, maximum heart rate) and on getting off the treadmill, your legs turn to jelly, but after a short while, it's like nothing happened. Well I'm glad to say that my VO2max is in the 'fair' range, which wasn't what I expected, but hey.
Having a headache now because of it though.